Drew Tewksbury

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Best Nursery

Drew Tewksbury
Despite what idyllic postcards will lead you to believe, West L.A. is mostly populated by slabs of concrete, endless forests of stucco apartments and grimy strip malls. But there's an oasis of green waiting amid this postwar suburban sprawl. Hashimoto Nursery, in the heart of Sawtelle Japantown, is burgeoning with......
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Best Ceramicist

Drew Tewksbury
A visit to any shop flaunting designs by indie makers shows that Los Angeles' ceramics boom continues to explode. But among the copious saguaro-style incense holders and anonymous stoneware containers, one designer stands apart: Heather Levine. She's perhaps best known for her ceramic pendant lamps, those sleekly designed, colorfully glazed......
Dalya at a mass at her high school; Credit: Courtesy Julia Meltzer

A Syrian Teen Chases the American Dream

Drew Tewksbury
At 12, Dalya Zeno left her home in Aleppo, as Syria was on precipice of war, and relocated to Los Angeles, where she slowly found her way as a Muslim teenager coming of age in Southern California....